Letter From Home to the Boys in Service
A hometown column mixes war notes and social news as Amarillo reflects on enlistments deaths and honors. It reports WAVES events, marriages, engagements, and community happenings, plus West Texas State basketball results and local golf and bowling results.
Jap Grabs Bayonet: Marine Uses Fists
Private John T. Yaksich of Detroit fights alone west of the Matanikau River in a dawn hand to hand action, silencing a Japanese machine gun crew with rifle bayonet and grenades. He and three fellow Marines later recover two machine guns amid sniper fire.
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Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Marine Corps
Matanikau River
John T. Yaksich
Detriot
Mich
Japan
Billy J
Red Dog
van Orden
Oklahoma City
Okla
Glenn M. A
Ole’ Young
Corpus Christi
Tex
Richard I. Dowden
Gage, Okla
Soviet Juggernaut Rolls Over Nazis
Soviet forces rout German troops at Kursk and Rostov, capture several towns in the Donets Basin, and press toward Kharkov as the winter campaign shifts momentum in the Soviet Union. Russian troops report gains east of Kharkov and major spoil in the Rostov and Belgorod sectors.
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Kursk
Kharkov
Rostov
Yelsk
Vysesemamuy
Iar
Ukraine
Donets Basin
Kupyansk
Belborod
Kramatorsk
Gastischevo
Belgorod
Red Army
Fatezh
Krashnodar-Tikhoretsk
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Don
American Planes Hit Axis Ports Across Africa and Sicily
Allied air forces battered Axis communications and supply hubs in Africa and Sicily while advances near Gabes aimed to cut Rommel from the sea. B-26 Marauders and B-25s joined P-38s in raids on Gabes and Sousse, with Liberators targeting Messina oil facilities. Montgomery’s Eighth Army pressed near Mareth Line as final offensive readiness builds.
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Africa
Sicily
Vichy
Eighth Army
Afrika Korps
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Imperials
Mareth Line
James H. Doolittle
Middle East
Martin
Gabes
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Mediterranean
Boeing
Sousse
Consolidated
Messina
Ninth United States Air Force
Algiers
Madrid
Montgomery
Radio
Paris
Dwight Eisenhower
Sardinia
Italy
Share-the-Ride Plan Sparks Disappearances
Medina County Sheriff Oliver Barry warns the share-the-ride program has become a share-the-wife issue. He notes frequent calls to locate wives or mothers who vanish, often involving a husband who fails to return home after carpooling with another woman’s husband.
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Medina, O
Oliver Barry
Medina County
Sheriff's Office
Barry
Backward Airplane Baffles Amarillo Crowd
At about 9 am downtown Amarillo onlookers watched a trainer aircraft fly nose southwest yet move northeast. Strong headwinds overwhelmed engine power, pushing the plane back toward its field despite attempts to gain altitude and progress.
Wolfish Weather Predicted By Weather Bureau
The weather service warns of a cold wave with high winds moving in this afternoon. Temperatures may drop to 8 to 10 degrees tonight with possible snow flurries and livestock warnings ongoing.
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Bureau
Labor Conference Breaks Up Abruptly In California Arizona
Eight labor conciliation commissioners from California and Arizona left a conference suddenly in Los Angeles. Secretary Miss Lupe Saldana reportedly contracted measles from Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance during the meeting.
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Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Lupe Saldana
Detectives Subdue Walking Arsenal in Chicago Encounter
Chicago February 8 reports two detectives with three police squads ending a half hour struggle with a suspect who allegedly struck a detective. The man carried a .22 caliber rifle 46 rounds of ammunition a dagger an axe and a straight razor and wore steel cleat shoes.
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Chicago
Cold Wave Threat Hits Amarillo Area Livestock Warned
The Amarillo region faces a cold wave with strong winds and near freezing lows tonight and Wednesday. Panhandle and South Plains suffer deeper chills with 16 to 22 and 26 to 30 degree ranges, prompting livestock protection measures as rain turns to snow. New Mexico forecast shows rain and snow in higher elevations, with colder conditions overnight and into Wednesday morning. Temperature readings include a 6:30 AM high/low of 15 and 45, noon at 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Churchill To Speak After Casablanca Conference
Prime Minister Winston Churchill returns to the House of Commons and says a war situation statement will follow. Foreign Secretary Eden promised a speech at the earliest moment after naval, military, aviation and commando talks tied to Casablanca decisions. Eight spies executed in North Africa per Radio Morocco report.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Churchill
Anthony Eden
House
Ismet Inonu
Egypt
Tripoli
Africa
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Armed Services
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Waves Bluebonnet Squadron
Naval
Southwest
Frances Rich
V-Mail
the Waves
Washington
Irene Rich
Lawrence Hagg
Walter Barlow
South Pacific
Frank W. Montfort
Hereford
Solomons
D. S. Kritser
van Buren Street
Kritsers
Sigmund Romberg
Knife and Fork Club
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippine Soldier
General MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
Amarillo College
Janice Westmoreland
Jo Anne Hamlett
Earl G. Hamlett
Polk Street Methodist Church
William Walker
Scud) Redus
W. J. Gilliland
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Margaret L. Valentino
Pvt
Albert Hamway
New Jersey
Murry Watts
Helen McCabe
Phillips
Walter E. Barrett
Williamstown
Mass
Eugene M. Baker
Meredian
Virginia Newcomb
W. G. Baker
Ruth Harper
W. Wayne Fergus
Margaret Cooper
Robert J. Hibbetts
Canyon
Charles Hoover
Air Corps
Alaska
Bob Lovett
Hawaii
Post Exchange
Clark Dye
New Mexico Lobos
Burton Gym
Buffs
Gus Miller
Cagers
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Lubbock
Albuquerque
Sandies
Borger Bulldogs
Black and Gold Hoopsters
Pampa Harvesters
Borger
Pampa
Hervesters
T. G. Hull
D. M. Smith
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Fort Worth
Star Lumber Keglers
Canadian River Gassers
West Texas State
Marine
Set. E. J. Burman
Oakland
Cal
Associated Press
Dowden
Young
Warren Morse
Tulsa
Tokyo
U. S
South Seas
Buna
New Guinea
Berlin
Mikado
Guadalcaal
Domei
Papuan Peninsula
Douglas McArthur
Henderson Airfield
U. S. Navy
Cape Esperance
Rennell Island
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Wauakee Guadalcanal
Novocherkassk
Rostov- Voronezh
Kamensk
Donets
Globe News
Romberg Company
Romberg
America
Marie Nash
Gene Marvey
Grace Panvini
Romberg Music
Victor Herbert
Franz Lehar
Johann Strauss
Tschainowski
Denver
United Press
Ditto
Russell Stationery Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. Std
Morocco
North Africa
Prench
Southern Stater